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Advice demand lags behind SMSF growth

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
... to manage their fund, but if you look at those who use online SMSF admin firms, this costs them only $1300. "This is a problem especially for accountants because if your proposition is just around establishment and administration, someone else can do ...

Complex operations leaving life customers confused

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... insurance. Senator Williams pressed AMP chief executive Craig Meller and group executive insurance Megan Beer about this "big problem we have", adding 50% of young people don't know they've got life insurance through their super while the remainder don't ...

Housing affordability depresses confidence: Westpac

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
Aspiring first home buyers remain fearful of their financial futures with new research showing the housing affordability crisis is impacting financial confidence. The survey, commissioned by Westpac, found the majority of first home buyers are not feeling ...

Investors short on tax-effective structures: Centuria Life

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... earning less money begin to work and earn money, all the income distribution from a family trust does is create a tax problem for them," Rogan said. Rogan adds that company structures as another option, just delay, not get rid of tax. "And creating a ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... up. But hey, wages growth might not be accelerating but it's still growing (1.9% in the year to the June quarter). The problem is that slow growth in nominal wages is being outpaced by increases in consumer prices. For the June quarter growth in real ...

Emerging markets need a rethink

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... Manufacturing Company. And if you look at the index, China, South Korea and Taiwan make up almost 60% of the benchmark. The problem is, a lot of those markets considered 'emerging' have, in fact, already 'emerged.' If that's what you want, you might ...

Artificial intelligence provides adviser advantage

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... advisers. The firm's chief technology officer for Australia, Debra Bordignon, said AI will cover "the generalist research and problem solving of first-year lawyers, financial advisers, accountants, and doctors." Her comment comes from Dimension Data's ...

ASIC and CBA discussing potential advice problem

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
The hits keep coming for Commonwealth Bank with new details of problems within the bank that have cost customers and employees millions of dollars. Hours after the bank was forced to refund more than $10 million for mis-sold consumer credit insurance ...

Insurers require urgent start-up collaborations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... because it's not just about chatting to people. After participating in different collaboration programs, one "significant problem" the firm encountered after undertaking a successful pilot with a bank came at deployment - lengthy procurement times that ...

Wages separate businesses from consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... conditions and confidence. Growth in total wages remained at a record low 1.9% in the March quarter. But this isn't the problem for wages are still growing. The problem is real, growth in real wages (nominal wages adjusted for inflation) that is - it's ...